As I start to head into my late 20s, I realise that I'm only three years younger than the Man of Steel Superman. Join me as I chronicle and review his life.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

MCM Expo: Battle Of The Bloggers

It’s MCM Expo week at the World of Superman, covering
everything I got up to this weekend at London’s biggest Con. It was a great
weekend, full of comics and comic-y people. In a couple of days I’ll be posting
a full rundown of the people, the purchases, the signings and the loot. Today,
however, I’ll be taking a look at the Battle of the Bloggers event I
participated in on the Sunday afternoon.

Yes, at 2pm on Sunday afternoon, the Memorabilia Stage
played host to the grandest blogger slamdown of the weekend. My opponents were
officially the superb Tonyo Times, but it soon turned into a three-way battle
with the audience eager to hoover up discarded points along the way. We had to
answer a series of challenging questions covering all elements of geekery and
fandom, loosely based around events, promotions and products featured at the
MCM Expo.

I got off to a bad start, failing on my knowledge of both
the new Footloose film and anime-based videogames (although I really should have
guessed Dragonball). However, a couple of lucky guesses around SyFy television
shows had me back in the game. The game continued, with the audience rewarded
with spot-prizes for picking up on any passes or incorrect answers from the
contestants.

However, the battle was soon over, and when the dust had
settled, it turned out that I had won, by a score of 7-5. However, both of us
were winners, sharing the prizes between us.
Prizes included Disney Universe for the Wii, a book of Sci-Fi art, various pieces of In Time promotional gear, some really nice in-ear headphones, a USB drive, and a funky pyramid clock.

I now get to travel
to Birmingham in a few weeks to the Memorabilia event there, where the grand
final of the Battle of the Bloggers will take place. A big thank you to Kat and
Phil from Blogomatic 3000 for organising the event, and to the team from TonyoTimes for providing great competition. A couple of people recorded the event,
so as soon as the videos hit youtube, I’ll post them here.

One final thing: As part of entering the event, I was given
this for the Sunday: